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any advice on the best kind to get before RT

Don't buy one, they're issued.

Greg.

I only got issued 1, so if you want to be greedy and have 2 buy 2, and give me the other

In cadets people used to cut brooms and then hammer a nayle into the top.

What is a bivvy pole?

davidemmerson wrote:What is a bivvy pole?

Think in terms of a tent with tent poles. A bivvy pole is a tent pole, but for a bivvy which is a tent...........................Head hurts!!!

All we did was lash a bit of para cord between two trees, wack the bivvy over the cord, secure the bivvy to the deck using tent pegs bought at Millets in Exeter or in some cases a bit of wood found on the deck and then never got the chance to use the bloody thing for kip as we spent most nights being messed about by our training teams who seemed to think it a hoot to lob thunderflashes at us all night!

Once I got onto a training team I did it as well!!! Great fun watching confused Nods running into each other or into trees with loud BANGS! going off all over the place. Come the morning there would be the Recruit Troop looking all dazed and in some cases badly concussed milling around like a flock of sheep wondering just what the flying feck they had joined!!!!

Morning parade used to be a real hoot. Knackered Nods finding out that having a dirty weapon and half their kit lying all over the Bivvy site was not a good survival trait to have when the training teams were in a MOOD I can tell you.

"You Shaved this morning Recruit Smiff?"

"Yes Cpl"

"What did you use then? A bloody Ladyshave! Get on the flank you crabby little Scrote you!"

My Cpl in training was a Cpl Cyril Goodhand, one morning he saw me Shaving.

"Evans come here with your razor!" Cyril took my safety razor out of my hands, opened the razor and asked me "Wheres the *&+!$$** blade you nasty little recruit you!" That was a fun Speedmarch back to CTCRM along with the rest of the section giving me daggers whilst the rest of the Troop drove back in 4 tonners. Oh but you learnt so you did.

Memories!!!!

Artist

Your storys really make me smile Artist, although I have always wondered what it is like when a thunderflash goes off in your face?

Artist wrote:

davidemmerson wrote:What is a bivvy pole?

Think in terms of a tent with tent poles. A bivvy pole is a tent pole, but for a bivvy which is a tent...........................Head hurts!!!

Yeah i get it! Thanks Artist and great stories!

Artist wrote:

davidemmerson wrote:What is a bivvy pole?

Think in terms of a tent with tent poles. A bivvy pole is a tent pole, but for a bivvy which is a tent...........................Head hurts!!!

All we did was lash a bit of para cord between two trees, wack the bivvy over the cord, secure the bivvy to the deck using tent pegs bought at Millets in Exeter or in some cases a bit of wood found on the deck and then never got the chance to use the bloody thing for kip as we spent most nights being messed about by our training teams who seemed to think it a hoot to lob thunderflashes at us all night!

Once I got onto a training team I did it as well!!! Great fun watching confused Nods running into each other or into trees with loud BANGS! going off all over the place. Come the morning there would be the Recruit Troop looking all dazed and in some cases badly concussed milling around like a flock of sheep wondering just what the flying feck they had joined!!!!

Morning parade used to be a real hoot. Knackered Nods finding out that having a dirty weapon and half their kit lying all over the Bivvy site was not a good survival trait to have when the training teams were in a MOOD I can tell you.

"You Shaved this morning Recruit Smiff?"

"Yes Cpl"

"What did you use then? A bloody Ladyshave! Get on the flank you crabby little Scrote you!"

My Cpl in training was a Cpl Cyril Goodhand, one morning he saw me Shaving.

"Evans come here with your razor!" Cyril took my safety razor out of my hands, opened the razor and asked me "Wheres the *&+!$$** blade you nasty little recruit you!" That was a fun Speedmarch back to CTCRM along with the rest of the section giving me daggers whilst the rest of the Troop drove back in 4 tonners. Oh but you learnt so you did.

Memories!!!!

Artist

haha i bloody love your stories artist so i do. my dad has told me aaaall about those thunderflashes

jonno